New York Times, 18 April 1985 (display advertisement) * An Urgent Message from Europeans to Congress Support the Nicaraguan Resistance Democracy itself is at stake in Nicaragua. After four years of dictatorship, the FSLN, the totalitarian ruling party, has not succeeded in breaking the resistance of the Nicaraguan people. After the relative liberalization represented by … Continue reading 3. Support the Nicaraguan Resistance
A brief passage from Anatoly CHERNYAEV's unpublished "Diary", in which he responds to a report to the Central Committee by ANDROPOV (29 December 1975*, 3213-A) about the statements of foreign communist parties concerning "political prisoners" in the USSR (NSA, document and translation). ==================== 3 January 1976 From interesting things at the Central Committee, in the … Continue reading Chernyaev diary (3 Jan ’76)
Yury Andropov briefs Politburo on forthcoming trial of Anatoly SHCHARANSKY, arrested in mid-March the previous year (MHG 30th anniversary). 2 pp. =================== V-118 Top secret The only copyWorking paper SESSION OF THE POLITBURO OF THE CC CPSUJune 22, 1978 Chaired by Comrade Brezhnev, L.I. In attendance: Comrades Andropov, Yu.V.; Grishin, V.V.; Gromyko, A.A.; Kulakov, F.D.; … Continue reading Shcharansky’s upcoming trial (22 June ’78*, Pb)
LANGUAGE EDITIONS in alphabetical order (* earliest editions, 1995-1996) * ENGLISH (2016; 2019) Judgment in Moscow, 9th November Press: Los Angeles, 2019 (unabridged, translated by Alyona Kozhevnikov). Judgement in Moscow, 2016 (abridged, translated & edited by John R. Crowfoot). * FRENCH (1995)* Jugement à Moscou: Un dissident dans les archives du Kremlin, Robert Laffont: Paris, … Continue reading “Judgement” in print (1995-2019)
SECRETARIAT. Proposal for Soviet press release concerning BUKOVSKY's meeting with US President JIMMY CARTER [R: 1 March 1977, St 46-15]. 7 pp. * Bukovsky-Carter press release ===================== [page one of seven] No. St 46/15 of 1 March 1977 Top Secret RESOLUTION Central Committee Secretariatof the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Draft of a press … Continue reading Bukovsky-Carter (1 Mar ’77*, St 46/15)
KGB MEMORANDUM. Measures to stop the proliferation of anti-Soviet activities by the "Helsinki Watch Committee in USSR", and its sub-committees set up in Ukraine and Lithuania [R: 5 January 1977, 22-A]. 2 pp. ============================================= Top Secret To CPSU Central Committee About measures to end the hostile activities of members of the so-called “Group For Assistance … Continue reading Stopping Helsinki Groups (5 Jan ’77*, 22-A)
KGB REPORT. The anti-Soviet goals of "so-called" Helsinki Groups in the USSR; measures to counter their activities [R: 15 November 1976, 2577-A]. 3 pp. ====================== [page one of three] Secret USSR COMMITTEE For State Security at the USSR Council of Ministers 15 November 1976, No. 2577-A Moscow To CPSU Central Committee About the Hostile Actions … Continue reading Goals of Helsinki Groups (15 Nov ’76*, 2577-A)
Selected by a prominent Soviet-era dissident and veteran opponent of the regime, this archive is a unique source of information on the post-Stalin years of the USSR. In 1992, Vladimir Bukovsky was given access to the archives of the CPSU Central Committee in Moscow for a period of five months. The new Russian government of … Continue reading 02. The Status of these Archives
On Sunday, 18 March 2018, Vladimir PUTIN ran for the Russian presidency for a fourth time and won easily in the first round, claiming 77% of votes cast (by 68% of the electorate), in a contest that was neither free nor fair. His most prominent opponent, following the murder of Boris Nemtsov, was Alexei NAVALNY, … Continue reading Only a Trial will do This Time (2013)
The Bukovsky Archives 